Losing Twins Poem by Ray Hansell

I never got the chance
To hold her in my arms
The doctor's all told me
That it could cause her harm

So all I could do
Was to look at her in the incubator
Wanting so much to hold her
But I knew it would have to be later

But before I ever got that chance
God called her home
Deep inside the pain I felt
Was the worst I'd ever known

Two days before she passed away
Her brother did the same
Even all these years later
I can still remember the pain

I think about what might have been
I know that game I should not play
But I do play it every now and then
When I think back to those dark days

But now I have a son
Who is fully grown
Raising him from a baby
Was the greatest pleasure known


7-27-20/RjH